From the look of the initial reports, the LC3 model of the Toyota Land Cruiser is going to get some serious modifications made to it.  Let’s take a quick look at the list.

–It’ll be getting about thirty five miles per gallon on a new kind of diesel engine, but a gas engine will be available on other models and get roughly the same mileage.

–The suspension has been revised and will give a more comfortable ride.

–Power and braking systems are altered to improve the Land Cruiser’s offroad capabilities.

You can see that there are a whole lot of improvements made in the newer model Toyota Land Cruiser, and chances are this will draw a whole lot of interest, especially from current truck and SUV owners planning to make trades.  A small SUV that gets thirty five miles per gallon and comes in straight gas or diesel?  That’s too good for a lot of car buffs to turn down.

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BREAKING NEWS: It seems that the Cash for Clunkers program could have just been suspended until further notice.

Word of such a suspension comes to us after the government fumbled a bit after the Cash for Clunker success and became worried they would lose track of all the cars being traded in through the program. This has led to White House officials reportedly telling Congress that the program will officially be suspended.

Government officialls will apparantly take the time on Friday allocating more money to fund the Cash for Clunkers program. We’ll keep you updated.

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GM has recently released word that they will suspend production of their 2010 Chevy Malibu Hybrid. This doesn’t necessarily mean that they will stop making the car indefinitly but it just means that there are enough 2009 Malibu Hybrids to go around.

GM’s Brian Corbett added that while this car’s production will be temporarily suspended that doesn’t imply anything about the future of Chevrolet hybrid cars. Furthermore Corbett also says that GM will debut a next-gen mild hybrid system sometime in 2011. This new hybrid system will have smaller batteries, increased fuel economy and the ability to propell vehicles using nothing more then electricity.

I don’t know about you guys but it seems like GM has a lot of catching up to do especially when compared to automakers such as Toyota who are already very established in the hybrid market.

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